do you know what it takes? do you have what it takes? you’re going to be competing with people who are more talented than you, smarter than you, ready to play 5+ hours a day. they’ve been waiting for this game for years, this is their dream. still up for it? either/or, you’ll regret both.

if you’re going to do it, you’ll need a plan. are you going to be the one who masses 10 hours a day? then you better play smart. let other people get a head start and find the strategies and then use what you learned from wc3. copy what’s winning, don’t waste time doing the same losing thing over and over. pay attention to details for a methodical improvement.

I don’t feel like saying anything, so I’ll just quickly spit out some stuff. Only see people now and then, so that part is nice. I don’t talk to the euros really, so no big deal there. Met some Blizzard people who won’t remember me next time anyway. (won’t be able to qualify again until 2011, if ever xd) cologne is actually pretty boring, other than the cathedral there isn’t much to see. it doesn’t “feel” like much either, the way you would imagine milan, or something like that to feel. longwalk has a cousin in germany so we wandered around a little, tried some kölsch, etc. and that was alright.

nothing noteworthy to be honest.. deuce actually isn’t indian. cruncher is this quiet guy from tennessee (or something like that). everyone else I’d already met before. adan is 26!!!

I probably won’t play much starcraft 2, everyone else seems like a natural. would be really cool for us all to switch and keep qualifying for the tournaments… reality won’t let it happen though. shriek says blizzard says they’ll keep up wc3 as long as people still play.

in other news, wcg usa so far is me, sonkie, longwalk, holyhuman, PLAZMATIC, cruncher. I might be forgetting one. there are a few qualifiers left, shriek says he’ll probably try to qualify.

I didn’t put a lot of effort into making the shots good.. so … I stopped carrying camera around after I was knocked out as well. other people put their photos up on facebook if you have them added..

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are there any fans left? will they feel let down if I don’t practice ._.

you can find the post at http://eu.blizzard.com/rf09/, you may need to refresh a few times.

europe

happy
sase
lucifron
grubby
demuslim
thomasg
vortix
nicker

americas

srs[razer]sonk
longwalk
box %)™
cruncher
shriek
unknownguru
holyhuman
deuce.

since Blizz is slow, here’s who I have so far

BoX
SonKiE
ShrieK
HolyHuman
Longwalk
CrunCher
Deuce

No nilknarf. 8th = kiwikaki?

link at youtube

turned out poorly due to my PC. I think I may need to close some applications while recording

someone please start reminding me thursday has two matches

minisite: http://eu.blizzard.com/rf09/

Europeans and North Americans going to be at the same time and place! I’m excited for Germany.

I don’t know if I’m going to be able to qualify for WCG nationals =\ My only passable matchup is mirror. My Human versus Elf is pathetic, triple sigh.

Online Qual. #3 Bracket